bead oor Xhosa

bead

/biːd/ werkwoord, naamwoord

(archaic) Prayer, later especially with a rosary. [from 9th c.]

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Small children, wearing only beaded waistbands and necklaces, play in the cool morning air.
Abantwana, abanxibe kuphela amaso esinqeni nasentanyeni badlala kumoya obandayo wasekuseni.

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To assist them in praying, Buddhist monks carry a string of 108 beads.
Iimonki ezingamaBhuda ziphatha umtya onamaso ali-108 njengowancedayo ekuthandazeni.

The hole made by the rod becomes the hole used to string the bead.
Umngxuma owenziwe yile ntonga usetyenziselwa ukuhlohla umtya kweli so.

Geoffrey Wheeler, a graduate of the 33rd class of Gilead, recalls: “We looked closely at the babies carried by nursing mothers wanting to get baptized to check for superstitious beads and charms.
UGeoffrey Wheeler, owaphumelela kwiklasi yama-33 yaseGiliyadi, uthi: “Sasihlola neentsana zoomama abafuna ukubhaptizwa ukuba azifakwanga amaso ahambisana neenkolelo okanye amakhubalo kusini na.

Bead-like prominences apparently on limb of Moon during eclipse of Sun.
Ubukhulu obuyelele kumaso abonakala kwilungu lenyanga ngexesha lomnyama/lokudliwa kwelanga.

That is because, unlike an oyster, the paua has a muscle in its stomach that will spit out any bead placed in its digestive system.
Oku kubangelwa kukuba, ngokungafaniyo neoyster, ipaua inesihlunu esisesiswini yaye ngenxa yoko iingqalutye azihlali kumetyiso wayo.

But what he disapproves of is the saying of memorized phrases “over and over again,” the way those do who finger beads as they repeat their prayers by rote.
Kodwa athi akwamkelekanga kukuthetha amabinzana acengcelezwayo ‘ngokuphindaphindiweyo,’ njengabo badlalisa ngeminwe njengokuba bephindaphinda imithandazo yabo egcinwe entloko.

Experienced beadmakers make the job look easy, but it takes time to master the skill necessary to produce a series of beads, one bead at a time, all of uniform size, shape, and pattern.
Abenzi bamaso abanamava bawenza lo msebenzi ukhangeleke ulula, kodwa kuthabatha ithuba ukuze babe nobuchule obufunekayo ekuveliseni amaso amaninzi, iso libe linye ngexesha, emile kwaye emakhulu ngokulinganayo.

Ancient Egyptians painted patterned clothing onto small pieces of paddle-shaped wood and adorned them with strings of clay beads representing hair.
AmaYiputa amandulo ayethabatha iphini alizobe ngokungathi linxibe impahla aze alifake amaso odongwe, nawayebonakala ngathi ziinwele.

Both men and women often elongate their ear lobes by fashioning them with heavy earrings and beaded ornaments.
Ngokufuthi amadoda namabhinqa agqobhoza iindlebe aze azihombise ngamacici anzima kunye namaso ahonjisiweyo.

Rather than using images, beads, or prayer books as aids in prayer, they simply prayed from the heart in their own words.
Babengasebenzisi mifanekiso, iminqamlezo okanye iincwadi zemithandazo kodwa babethandaza ngokusuka entliziyweni.

The beads of the rosary are used for counting prayers offered in devotion to Mary.
Umtyukatha wamaso usetyenziswa ekubaleni imithandazo yokuzinikela kuMariya.

Adherents of various religions —such as Buddhism, Catholicism, Hinduism, and Islam— have been taught to use beads to recite and count their prayers.
Abantu beenkonzo ezahlukahlukeneyo—njengamaBhuda, amaKatolika, amaHindu namaSilamsi—baye bafundiswa ukuba basebenzise amaso ukuze bacengceleze imithandazo yabo.

The beadmaker makes beads one at a time.
Umenzi wamaso wenza libe linye ngexesha.

Famed Egyptian scarabs, worn like beads as protective charms, were representations of the dung beetle —thought to be a manifestation of the creator-god.
Amabhungane aseYiputa adumileyo, awayenxitywa njengamaso okuhombisa nawayenjengamakhubalo okuzikhusela, ayemela inkuba-bulongo—eyayicingelwa iyimbonakalo yothixo ongumdali.

A red bead meant that a statement was surely spoken by Jesus; a pink bead meant that Jesus probably said it; a gray bead signified doubt; and a black bead denoted falsification.
Amaso abomvu ayethetha ukuba amazwi athile ngokuqinisekileyo ayethethwe nguYesu; amaso apinki ayethetha ukuba kusenokwenzeka ukuba uYesu wawathetha; amaso angwevu ayebonakalisa amathandabuzo; yaye amaso amnyama ayebonisa ukuba ayebubuxoki.

On a cloudless, tropical Sunday morning, the iron roof became a very effective radiator, and soon all in attendance —especially those standing on the platform, their heads just inches from the roof— broke out in beads of sweat.
Xa ilanga ligqats’ ubhobhoyi ngentsasa yangeCawa, uphahla lwamacangci lwalubangela kutshise nangakumbi kuloo holo ngokukodwa kwabo bemi eqongeni kuba iintloko zabo zazikufuphi kakhulu nophahla yaye babebila bathi xhopho.

Baily's Beads.
Amaso kaBeyili.

Diccionario Enciclopédico Hispano-Americano (Hispanic-American Encyclopedic Dictionary) describes the rosary as a “string of fifty or one hundred and fifty beads separated into tens by others of larger size and joined at the ends by a crucifix, presently preceded by three beads.”
IDiccionario Enciclopédico Hispano-Americano (Isichazi-magama Sentyilalwazi SesiHispanic-American) xa ichaza irosari ithi “yintanjana eyenziwe ngamaso angamashumi amahlanu okanye alikhulu elinamashumi amahlanu ahlulahlulwe aba ngamashumi ngamaso amakhudlwana aza adityaniswa ekupheleni ngomnqamlezo, kutshanje odityaniselwa kuyo ngamaso amathathu.”

These phenomena are known as Baily’s beads and the diamond ring respectively.
Ezi zazinge zibizwa ngokuba zii-Baily’s beads yaye esi sokugqibela sibizwa ngokuba yi-diamond ring.

Catholics commonly use rosary beads.
Ngokuqhelekileyo amaKatolika asebenzisa amaso erosari.

After helping an experienced beadmaker with the handling of the rods, the apprentice learns to form small, plain beads.
Emva kokuncedisa umenzi wamaso onamava ngokumbambela iintonga, lowo usafundayo ufunda ukwenza amaso amancinane, angenamihombiso.

These are made of tiny beads of orange, yellow, and other colors and may be anywhere from two to six inches [5 to 15 cm] wide.
La mabhanti enziwa ngeentsinjana ezinemibala ebomvu, emthubi neminye imibala yaye zisusela kwiisentimitha ezintlanu ukuya kwezilishumi elinesihlanu ububanzi.

Thirsty zebras gather at water holes, circling them like necklaces of white-and-black beads.
Xa amaqwarhashe ejikeleze imithombo ekweli thafa esela amanzi, abangathi yintsimbi yomqala eyenziwe ngamaso amhlophe namnyama.

Rather, it takes advantage of the cohesive forces that cause water on a flat surface to bead up and defy gravity.
Kunoko, isebenzisa amandla abangela ukuba amanzi aphantsi adibane aze akhe amachaphaza.

The effect known as Baily’s beads is caused by the sunlight passing through the lunar valleys just before totality.
IiBaily’s beads yimitha yelanga ebonakala kwisithunzi senyanga ngaphambi kokuba kube mnyama ngokupheleleyo.